Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Wednesday Night MNV


This week's Vaad will take place on Wednesday night at 9:30 p.m.
Please post your own discussion questions by commenting on this or the last post.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Centrist/Modern Orthodoxy: Reading for 2/14 MNV

Rav Aron Lichtenstein: "Centrist Orthodoxy: A Cheshbon HaNefesh" in By His Light

This is a long article which, even though written over a decade ago, is still a great place to start in understanding what the defining factors and inherit problems are with Modern Orthodoxy. Comment or post any questions you would like to discuss here.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Education in China vs. America

Here's a link to the NY times article that was mentioned last night. I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on:
1) To what extent does this reflect your experience in school?
2) What implications does this have for how we teach/learn torah and try to develop a "chevra l'sheim shamayim" in school?
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/opinion/16kristof.html?_r=1